- Google is ‘pausing investment’ in Allo, working on a new messaging platform called 'Chat'. Chat is not a new texting app. Instead, think of it more like a new set of features inside the app already installed on most Android phones. “Chat” is the consumer-friendly name for Rich Communication Services (RCS), the new standard that’s meant to supplant SMS, and it will automatically be turned on inside Android Messages, the OS’s default app for texting.
- A total of 63,767 South Korean iPhone users have filed a lawsuit against technology giant Apple over the intentional slowdown of older devices by the company, the lawsuit demands around $12 million in damages claiming that Apple didn't notify the intentional slowing down of its users of previous generation iPhones to promote new ones.
- Elon Musk, CEO of Tesla and SpaceX, deleted the official facebook pages of the two companies after a twitter user challenged him !
- Technology giant Apple has proposed 13 new emoji including 'ear with hearing aid' to better represent individuals with disabilities.
- Firefox web browser maker Mozilla has suspended its Facebook advertising, citing that the platform's current default settings leave access open to a "lot of data". Mozilla said that it will "consider returning" when Facebook takes stronger action on how it shares customer data. This comes while Facebook is facing criticism over the exploitation of its users' personal data.
- Facebook has been hit by its largest-ever data leak after British data firm Cambridge Analytica harvested over 50 million users' personal data and exploited it to influence the US elections. The data was collected legally through a third-party Facebook app but sold illegally to Cambridge Analytica. Documents revealed that Facebook knew about the leak but didn't alert users about it.
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